On Monday, June 30th we bought a year zoo pass (as part of David's birthday gift) and enjoyed a fun day at the zoo (David's first time).
It was a hot day but we got there first thing in the morning when it was still cool and that is when we did most of our walking.
Had to take a picture of David next to the sign for the "Pere David's Deer"... he called it "Horse" which he called many of the first animals we saw that were horse like... zebra, camel, donkey, deer... we thought it was so cute! When we got to the buffalo david said "horse" again so we said no, that's more like a cow and he said "cow." That was the first time he said cow.
Baby Elk
Wasn't long before he decided it was nap time. He probably slept for the second part of our walk and then we woke him up just before it was time to go on the train.
David loved the "choo-choo"... the picture below was taken in the tunnel and his wide eyes make me think of the owl which I have for the next picture.
We watched the "birds of prey" show which was very entertaining. We had several birds of prey fly so close to our heads that we had to duck. A little bit scary when you think about what they normally hunt (not so much the owl but I'm sure it would still hurt if he got his claws into you). You don't really get the picture from the shot captured below but the way this owl was staring at Jonathan was REALLY creepy!
David is really enjoying playgrounds now. At the zoo he went on his first "twirly" slide which as you can see from the picture he loved very much. He didn't want to go down any of the other slides, just this one and he went over and over again all by himself!
We also watched the Lions being fed which is always neat. It's easy to forget how big they are until you see them close up. It was too hot for the Tiger so she didn't come out but we did see her laying in the grass earlier that day. All in all we had a great day, the only thing we didn't enjoy was lunch... the food wasn't very good at all but we will bring a pic-nic next time.
On Monday, June 30th we bought a year zoo pass (as part of David's birthday gift) and enjoyed a fun day at the zoo (David's first time).
It was a hot day but we got there first thing in the morning when it was still cool and that is when we did most of our walking.
Had to take a picture of David next to the sign for the "Pere David's Deer"... he called it "Horse" which he called many of the first animals we saw that were horse like... zebra, camel, donkey, deer... we thought it was so cute! When we got to the buffalo david said "horse" again so we said no, that's more like a cow and he said "cow." That was the first time he said cow.
Baby Elk
Wasn't long before he decided it was nap time. He probably slept for the second part of our walk and then we woke him up just before it was time to go on the train.
David loved the "choo-choo"... the picture below was taken in the tunnel and his wide eyes make me think of the owl which I have for the next picture.
David is really enjoying playgrounds now. At the zoo he went on his first "twirly" slide which as you can see from the picture he loved very much. He didn't want to go down any of the other slides, just this one and he went over and over again all by himself!
We also watched the Lions being fed which is always neat. It's easy to forget how big they are until you see them close up. It was too hot for the Tiger so she didn't come out but we did see her laying in the grass earlier that day. All in all we had a great day, the only thing we didn't enjoy was lunch... the food wasn't very good at all but we will bring a pic-nic next time. 
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looks like you guys had a great time at the zoo! great pics :)
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